Cast
- Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly who, at Mrs. Teasdale's insistence, becomes the leader of Freedonia.
- Harpo Marx as Pinky, a spy for Sylvania who never talks.
- Chico Marx as Chicolini, another spy for Sylvania, one who never stops talking.
- Zeppo Marx as Lt. Bob Roland, Firefly's secretary.
- Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Gloria Teasdale, a rich widow who underwrites the budget of Freedonia.
- Louis Calhern as Ambassador Trentino of Sylvania who schemes to have his country take over Freedonia.
- Raquel Torres as Vera Marcal, a femme fatale who is working for Ambassador Trentino.
- Edgar Kennedy as a lemonade vendor, who is just trying to make a living.
- Edmund Breese as Zander
- Edwin Maxwell as Former Secretary of War
- William Worthington as First Minister of Finance
- Davison Clark as Second Minister of Finance
- Charles Middleton as prosecutor
- Leonid Kinskey as Sylvanian agitator
- George MacQuarrie as first judge
- Fred Sullivan as second judge
- Eric Mayne as third judge
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